June 2008 Blog Posts (12)

Here is some information about jobs for journalism trainers in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is Canada’s largest international media development organization. JHR is currently seeking 4 Journalism Trainers and 1 Senior Trainer to work with local media Sierra Leone for 7 months. JHR is also seeking 2 Senior Trainers to work with local media in Kinshasa, DRC for 8 months. All positions start in mid-October.

The International Research Institute for Climate and Society and Swiss Re are jointly hosting a high-level policy roundtable on the use of index insurance for poverty reduction at this year's Global Humanitarian Forum in Geneva. The roundtable, which takes place on June 24, will include leaders from fields as diverse as reinsurance, climate science, economics and food…

The International Research Institute for Climate and Society and Swiss Re are jointly hosting a high-level policy roundtable on the use of index insurance for poverty reduction at this year's Global Humanitarian Forum in Geneva. The roundtable, which takes place on June 24, will include leaders from fields as diverse as reinsurance, climate science, economics and food…

New documentary series NATURE INC. explores the economic value of biodiversity. Airing first on BBC World News Friday 13thJune 19.30 GMT.

On 13 June 2008, a new TV series goes to air on BBC World News on the economic value of biodiversity and the services that ecosystems provide to the global economy. According to one estimate it could be as much as $60 trillion – more than the total value of global GDP.

In the first six episodes of the series, Nature Inc. reports… Continue

The biggest challenge in public understanding of science programmes in India is how to inculcate interest in science amongst Indian common masses who are mostly villagers.Still not very familiar with modern means of communication they are not able to grasp often the higher modes of science communication.A breakthrough in this regard is achieved with the efforts of National Council of Science and Technology Communication[NCSTC] ,Department of Science and Technology [DST] ,Government of… Continue

SciDev.Net proudly announces its second joint IDRC–SciDev.Net Science Journalism Award and seeks applications from journalists in all developing countries. The award consists of a six-month internship giving the recipient invaluable journalistic experience and demonstrates SciDev.Net’s commitment to build capacity in science communication across the developing world.

We invite all English-speaking journalists with an interest in science reporting and its impact on decision-makers in… Continue

Fourteen professionals from nine countries are hard at work learning ways to use climate knowledge to make better decisions for health-care planning and control of climate sensitive diseases such as malaria and meningitis. They are participants of the Summer Institute 2008 on Climate Information for Public Health organized by the IRI, the Center for International Earth Science…

Taiwan is emerging as one of the centres for research and development. Yuan Tseh Lee is one of those scientist who have returned back to Taiwan in order to set up a research centre. Here is an excerpt of an interview during his visit to NAST..
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YUAN TSEH Lee is a Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry with other scientists DR Herschbach and JC Polanyi in 1986. He was born in Hsinchu, Taiwan on November 19, 1936. After receiving the… Continue

The Uganda Science Journalists Association (USJA) in collaboration with the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) is organizing “the Uganda Conference for Science Communication 2008” to be held at Imperial Royale Hotel – Kampala from November 23rd to 26th, 2008.

The global biofuels boom risks harming poor people in poor countries by forcing them off land they depend on, says a report published today (2 June) by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

But the report adds that biofuels are not all bad, and shows that their production can also allow poor groups to increase their access to land and improve their livelihoods if the right policies are in place.